Obama buys 30 minutes of prime time

Posted: Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:09 PM by Domenico Montanaro
Filed Under: Ads

From NBC/NJ's Athena Jones
The Obama camp is confirming they have bought 30 minutes of air time in primetime on "the networks" Oct. 29.

*** UPDATE *** The Obama campaign stresses it is not saying which networks -- as yet.

*** UPDATE 2 *** The campaign now says it has bought 30 minutes of ad time in primetime Oct. 29 on CBS and NBC and Fox -- if there's no World Series game. They are still negotiating others.

*** UPDATE 3 *** At least NBC's timeslot is 8 p.m. ET.

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Comments

This is like a crazy game of chess. Your move, McCain. Sir...where'd be your thirty minutes on the talkie tube?

AZ mom tucson az (Sent Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:14 PM)

There is a saying in my neighborhood "real recognize real" and what McLame and Failin arent real...

OBAMA/BIDEN 08 real Americans that WE Americans need.

julepo (Sent Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:14 PM)

Cool! I know what I'm doing that night! I'm watching Obama finally get through to those ridiculous undecideds who keep saying "I don't know anything about the specifics of his plan!" ITS ALL OVER HIS WEBSITE for goodness sakes! They really think he can tell them in a 2 minute opportunity on a debate?!?!?!?! Really? Are they that stupid or just that lazy?

Suz In KS (Sent Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:15 PM)

YEAAAAA! Go Obama! I'm donating another $50. Keep up the fight!

Obama Mama (Sent Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:16 PM)

He can't spend it fast enough!

Everybody give another $25, maybe we can get a channel on DirectTV too!

BD in WI (Sent Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:16 PM)

It's clear Palin couldn't answer Laura's questions! She simply has no idea how to answer even softball questions lobbed by sympathetic questioners. The proof, in case you couldn't make it through her rambling, nonsensical answers, is that Laura had to repeat a question to get an answer! Palin can repeat campaign lines she's memorized, but take her out of that comfort zone, it is clear she has little ability to think.

Stephen, Austin Texas (Sent Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:16 PM)

Good move. Talk about the economy even if by that time it'll take more than an hour just to correct McCain's lies and deceptions.

Joyce, NY (Sent Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:16 PM)

WOW. Preempting the "October Surprise."

Last week people thought Obama hit his high water mark, now today hes winning by 8 in West Virginia.

Oct 9 Polling Update.
http://voteforamerica.net/editorials/Comments.aspx?ArticleId=95&ArticleName=Poll+Update

VoteForAmerica (Sent Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:16 PM)

This should be very interesting! An October surprise, maybe?

Linda, Allen, TX (Sent Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:17 PM)

Fantastic! These folks have learned the lessons Kerry and Dukakis never did. I personally think this is going to be a landslide of epic and historical proportions, but they are leaving nothing to chance.

I Love It!

Dale S., Parker, CO (Sent Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:18 PM)

It might be time to go here Senator Obama. I know you'd rather not, but it's the weekend before the election. Create one of those scarry looking/sounding ads that features scary people from McCain's past and present. Here're some good examples:
G. Gordon Liddy
Witch Doctor
"Pray away the gay" preacher
Hagee
Keating 5
"Jews deserver terroism" preacher
White-supremacist, anti-american secessionist group!
Woman who shot abortion doctor and her friend (McCain supporter and Republican delegate). He went to the shooters ralley -- even though he new what she had done!

kathy, charlotte (Sent Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:18 PM)

It's amazing what all that laundered money from Freddie and Fannie can buy you? Sure, it all came at the expense of the people, right Barack? But that doesn't matter does it, because you're here to do "good things" for us. Just like Ayers has done, right?

Bernie Sanderson, VT (Sent Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:19 PM)

WOW!!!! September must have been mind boggling on the fundraising front. Remember when people were talking about Obama having fund raising problems? Palin changed all that. Now I just read theres discussions with Fox and NBC.

Yonathan Seleshi, Los Angeles, CA (Sent Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:20 PM)

WHY IS IT THAT THE REPUBLICANS WANT TO BLAME EVERYTHING ON THE DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS AND TAKE NONE OF THE BLAME?????

I MAY BE WRONG BUT DIDNT THE REPUBLICANS CONTROL THE HOUSE AND SENATE SINCE CLINTON WAS IN OFFICE??? THE DEMOCRATS RAN THE HOUSE AND SENATE FOR THE LAST 2 YEARS, NOT SAYING THEY ARE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB BUT I DONT THINK THAT THIS MESS THAT WE ARE IN STARTED JUST 2 YEARS AGO.

IN ORDER TO GROW AND GET BETTER, YOU FIRST HAVE TO ADMIT THAT YOU ARE WRONG, YOU HAVE A PROBLEM AND ADMIT THAT OTHER PEOPLE'S IDEAS MAY BE BETTER THAN THE ONES YOU THOUGHT WOULD WORK.....ASK ANY ALCOHOLIC IN THE 12 STEP PROGRAM....CAUSE WE BEEN DRINKIN SOME WILD G.W. BUSH PUNCH FOR A WHILE NOW.

WE ARE A "FREE COUNTRY" AND WE HAVE SO MANY RULES, LAWS, AND REGULATIONS BESTOWED UPON US....WHY DO THE REPUBLICANS AND WALL STREET THINK THAT THE "FREE MARKET" SHOULDNT HAVE RULES, LAWS AND REGULATIONS...THAT IS NOT SOCIALISM THAT IS PROTECTIONISM

PAIN TRICKLES UP... PROSPERITY TRICKLES HORIZONALLY (Sent Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:20 PM)

does this mean total for the next month, or all at once? as in a policy address?

sam, seattle (Sent Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:21 PM)

He probably had to purchase the time to answer all the false allegations the smear campaign of McCain/Palin has made. Perhaps if the MSM didn't cover Governor Palin's every move and give credence by reporting her nonsense without any chance of questioning/challenging the validity of her claims, it wouldn't be necessary.
When are you people going to start doing your job?

Jamie, Elmwood Park, IL (Sent Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:21 PM)

Love it! I am sending another donation to help pay the cost!

Terri T (Sent Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:21 PM)

You won't see this on network news and certainly not Hannity and BillotheClown!

But if McCarthy-era guilt-by-association is once again a valid political consideration, Palin, it would seem, has more to lose than Obama. Palin, it could be argued, following her own logic, thinks so little of America's perfection that she continues to "pal around" with a man--her husband, actually--who only recently terminated his seven-year membership in the Alaskan Independence Party. Putting plunder above patriotism, the members of this treasonous cabal aim to break our country into pieces and walk away with Alaska's rich federal oil fields and one-fifth of America's land base--an area three-fourths the size of the Civil War Confederacy.

AIP's charter commits the party "to the ultimate independence of Alaska," from the United States which it refers to as "the colonial bureaucracy in Washington." It proclaims Alaska's 1959 induction as a state "as illegal and in violation of the United Nations charter and international law."

AIP's creation was inspired by the rabidly violent anti-Americanism of its founding father Joe Vogler, "I'm an Alaskan, not an American," reads a favorite Vogler quote on AIP's current website, "I've got no use for America or her damned institutions." According to Vogler AIP's central purpose was to drive Alaska's secession from the United States. Alaska, says current Chairwoman Lynette Clark, "should be an independent nation."

Vogler was murdered in 1993 during an illegal sale of plastic explosives that went bad. The prior year, he had renounced his allegiance to the United States explaining that, "The fires of hell are frozen glaciers compared to my hatred for the American government." He cursed the stars and stripes, promising, "I won't be buried under their damned flag...when Alaska is an independent nation they can bring my bones home." Palin has never denounced Vogler or his detestable anti-Americanism.

INVESTIGATE THIS LEFT WING MEDIA!!!!

kathy, charlotte nc (Sent Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:23 PM)

Just like all the votes ACORN is pumping into Barack, you start to wonder just where did all that money came from for Obama? My guess is that when someone finally takes the time and audits the Obama donor lists they'll find a lot of the same fake names that ACORN is coming up with. I guess Obama is then depending on the media to cover that one up for him too.

Clement Soros (Sent Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:23 PM)

Oh boy McCain, you did it. You and Palin's attacks. Obama is going to speak to the Amercian people. He may not even talk about your attacks. He may just address the problems with the economy and what he wants to do about it. In any case, when Obama speaks directly to the American people, as he did with his wonderful talk on race relations, he will certainly make you look like a bumbling idiot.

The timing could not be better. And you McCain think you and your brainless partner from Alaska can compete with this guy. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha ...................

C A, Tuscaloosa, AL (Sent Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:24 PM)

Very Cool!

I am too Hussein, Rocklin, CA (Sent Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:25 PM)

Good grief, how much money does he have?

Jason M. Bryant (Sent Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:25 PM)

Sweet!

Big Sam, Austin, TX (Sent Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:25 PM)

I hope McCain does too so we can all see that stark contrast again between the two one last time. Obama will always win those contests.

LJ (Sent Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:26 PM)

How will we be able to tell the difference between what's Obama's propaganda, and what's just another lame Halloween movie?

Dr. Kibbles (Sent Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:26 PM)

What about this, FIRST READ -- ARE YOU ON THE MCCAIN SHYTTALK EXPRESS? IF NOT, FORCE THE REPUGS TO ANSWER!! OR STOP COVERING THIS SHYT!!

G. Gordon Liddy
Witch Doctor
"Pray away the gay" preacher
Hagee
Keating 5
"Jews deserver terroism" preacher
White-supremacist, anti-american secessionist group!
Abortion doctor killer (McCain supporter)
Sponsor of the charity Ayers and Obama worked on together (McCain supporter -- IS HE A TERRORIST -- HE HAS BEEN PALING AROUND -- HASN'T HE).

!@#$%^!

kathy, charlotte (Sent Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:26 PM)

John McCain will walking around his house that night looking for the remote control and asking where is dog Mr. Puddles is.

David, Baltimore, MD (Sent Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:26 PM)

BOOM.

http://www.rodneyhopper.com

Rodney Hopper, Waxahachie, TX (Sent Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:27 PM)

Uh-oh, I guess I'd better give more money. Don't want Sen. Obama to run out of funds because this country couldn't withstand McCain/Palin in office.

OBAMA/BIDEN, 2008!

KJ, Dallas, TX (Sent Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:27 PM)

McCain want to balance the budget by 2013.
The problem is he doesn't know yet how the deficit may looks like in 3 months.
Bush made the same promise to cut in half in 2004 election and where are we now?

He said he know how to fix the social security. And the solution is commission. Or he pledge to not raise tax how can he be open to a commission and not open to raise tax in order to fix the social security?

We saw this movie before ... that will not work again. This year2008 is different.

wal (Sent Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:27 PM)

Have'nt been around folk's because my Puter went KAPUTZ. Living in Rural Kentucky, we tried tying 2 tin cans to a long string between the mountain's, still no Internet.However we went & invested into a new Puter ( No Strings Attached).

A lot has happened lately, My Man Barack is wipeing the floor with Uncle Fester each & everyday.

Living in Rural Kentucky, you'd think McCain has a lock on votes, however lately, i keep seeing Obama signs sprouting up as the leaves fall off the Tree's.I'm sure Mccain will still win Ky, but McConnel has a Fight on his hands. It seems as tho even us Rural folk's Know who Freddie & Fannie are. We also know who is to Blame for the current economic Crisis. JOHN McCAIN, COWBOY GEORGE, MITCH McCONNEL & the rest of the GOP, who in their infinite wisdom, gave Cowboy George EVERYTHING he asked for & then some.

America was Warned repeatedly that everything Cowboy George touched, Turned to Crap. Well, we're seeing the result's Now, unfortunatly.

We can't stand 4 more year's of the last 8 year's !

Delusional Thinking By Commonsense American's Is OVER !

Barack is going to Interupt Mccain's message from Bin laden on November 3rd.

Rick(i'm voting for That One),Ky (Sent Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:27 PM)

What have we gained in the last 8 years that is worth a decatrillion dollar debt?

Gregory Peek, Birmingham, Alabama (Sent Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:27 PM)

FABULOUS!!! I hoped he would so he could tell his OWN story!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He is SOOOOOOOOOOO smart, strategic, wise and thoughtful!

Veronica Very, Seattle, WA (Sent Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:28 PM)

FANTASTIC! I'm going to go send them more money!

Sassy Granny, Cordova, TN (Sent Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:28 PM)

Ohhhh yeaaaaahhhhhhh.....

and Two Palin residences in my neighborhood removed their McSlander/DeFame lawn signs yesterday!!!!!!!!!!!!

Keep on the lookout for more of the same!

Stay on the, "Does Sarah Palin want to play “guilt by Association?”

Here is a devastating video demonstrating Palin's CLEAR ASSOCIATION with the AIP - the Alaskan Independence Party. This is not Todd Palin speaking but Sarah Palin herself!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eniG9l_7its

pass it around

Libratine (Sent Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:28 PM)

Awesome! Let the truth be told. I am so proud to support Obama/Biden instead of the ignorant and condescending Republicians. God bless us all!

Democratic CPA, Rochester Hills, Michigan (Sent Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:28 PM)

Obama going to dress up for this? Let me guess, Rocky Horror?

Julie Barbs, CT (Sent Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:28 PM)

Good our next President will address the nation.

DrSP Ward (Sent Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:29 PM)

Hopefully there's a good test pattern on at the same time. It would be just as informative.

Chief Wahoo (Sent Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:30 PM)

I love it! Obama knows exactly what he is doing. You know he has run this campaign fairly smoothly and organized He hasn't gone broke either. So that should tell you how one can be a leader. Just because someone talks super loud doesn't mean they have the direction or answer. I have always been taught to watch and listen to what is really being said. It is amazing how people reveal themselves and don't know it.

Sophia Beck Laramie Wyoming (Sent Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:30 PM)

Sounds like a smart thing to do. There are quite a few voters who arn't political junkies like I am and only tune in at the last minute.

Michelle Kerr, Fresno CA (Sent Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:31 PM)

good job guys, good strategy.

united we stand nj (Sent Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:32 PM)

Ohhh, too bad, can't make it, Dirty Jobs has a special about manure processing that night. If you think about it, that and Obama are pretty much the same thing.

Mike Rowe, SF (Sent Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:32 PM)

Go OBAMA 08

I am disappointed in the McCain ticket.. how shameful and desperate of the whole group..yuk

kim (Sent Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:32 PM)

Why McCain cannot win.

With McCain trying one strategy after another he seems confused as to why he is not getting ahead of the Presidential game. What he doesn’t understand is the deep lead OBama had before he even started the campaign. Whereas McCain relies on tried and true strategies and his gut instinct, Obama has been working the issues long ago creating strategies and counter strategies far in advance of needing them. Just look at his responses to ads where he can put up a counter ad on the same day as McCain tries to sling a little mud. I believe Obama and his straightest team have most or all of these scenarios already laid out to counter whatever McCain tries. McCain is being rope-a doaped. Richard Taylor

Richard Taylor (Sent Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:33 PM)

Must see TV!

Doug, Renton, WA (Sent Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:33 PM)

Great!
Culture vs economy is not working for repugs.
Talk about change/reform you can believe in coming from McCain/Palin. Yup,that's right repugs, you can't.
I'm so glad we have the Keating 5 out there for we the people to judge this lying, manipulative, un-convicted, likely Alzheimer's ( his memory IS impaired) criminal. I hope everyone sees the Maverick is really a desperado (bandit) wanting to occupy the White House.
As of yet the lying, leader of deregulation wants to blame the meltdown on Obama. Republican McCain has being doing this since the 1980's until the present. What's more he'll continue to rob this country, if elected

In 2001, Ayers published Fugitive Days: A Memoir. Ayers has not denied the quotes, but he protested the interviewer's characterizations in a Letter to the Editor published September 15, 2001: "This is not a question of being misunderstood or 'taken out of context', but of deliberate distortion.

In the ensuing years, Ayers has repeatedly avowed that when he said he had "no regrets" and that "we didn't do enough" he was speaking only in reference to his efforts to stop the United States from waging the Vietnam War, efforts which he has described as ". . . inadequate [as] the war dragged on for a decade."

Ayers has maintained that the two statements were not intended to imply a wish they had set more bombs.

Why can’t that stupid Hannity, Limbaugh, and Palin set the record straight?

Enough
Americans have brains and most of US use them. We are not ignoramUS.
McPalin/Paln = more of the same
Obama/Biden

Beverly in Chicago (Sent Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:33 PM)

Great Job, Keep pounding away.

Donald , Tulsa, Ok (Sent Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:34 PM)

Brilliant move!

Spivey, NYC (Sent Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:34 PM)

OBAMA continues to show just how smart he is- this is a great way to use his "excess" funds. I am sure the Repigs will find a way to turn this (because McCain cannot afford it); however, we all know they are running scared now. Obama will talk directly to the nation, and put to rest any doubt McCain and his racist cronies have tried to instill.

The recent campaign stops where Palin, McCain and their cronies are trying to make people believe Barack is unAmerican, a terrorist, and a Muslim- while giggling joyfully as those in the crowd shout "he's a terrorist" or "kill him" is just beyond belief in this age. I am outraged that a campaign would sink to such a vile low!!! How unAmerican of the Repigs to allow/encourage others to shout such threatening things during a democratice process!! You may not agree with a candidate or someone's point of view, but no one should be allowed to make such outrageous statements, enciting riot like behavior, without being called on it. The Repigs, allowing this behavior, are below anyone who believes in Democracy and who is truly American. This country was founded in part to allow for differences, McCain/Palin are the lowest of the low. They should never hold another office again!!!

See how many show up in Columbus to see Obama on Friday!! Ohio supports Obama!!

JD, Columbus OH (Sent Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:34 PM)

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